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Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh, in his younger days, was a talented footballer. He was 18 years old when he was spotted by Border Security Force (BSF) officials during a football match in Manipur capital Imphal. He joined the BSF team and was part of the side that won the Durand Cup. He quit the BSF team a year later in 1982, but played football for 10 more years in the Manipur state team.
Jakhar, who qualified in the second spot with a score of 574-14x, held off a determined Kim Jungam in the shoot-off (3+3+2: 3+3+0) to win the P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 finals.
The first ever 'Imphal Derby' got off to an intense start with Tangva Ragui putting the Orange brigade ahead in 16th minute, only for Komron Tursunov to equalise three minutes later. But thereafter it was a NEROCA domination all the way as Thomyo headed in the 36th minute to snatch back the lead. Nigerian John Chidi took advantage of a defensive error to score the insurance goal in the 50th minute.
The penalty kick as we know it today was introduced by the International Football Association Board (IFAB's) Law 14 in 1891. In accordance with the law, a player who purposefully trips, holds, or handles the ball within 12 yards of their own goal line is liable for a penalty.
A total of 2.45 million tickets have been sold for this year's World Cup in Qatar after over half a million were snapped up in the latest sales period, organisers announced on Thursday.
The KL Rahul-led Team India did not have any problem in brushing aside the challenge of Zimbabwe in the first ODI of the three-match series on Thursday as the visitors chased down a below-par total of 190 with ten wickets in hand and 115 balls to spare. Opening batters Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan remained unbeaten on 82 and 81 respectively as India wrapped up a comprehensive win.
All the top cricket teams in the world are currently gearing up of the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. The Super 12 stage of the mega-event will start on October 22, while the Pakistan cricket team and the Indian cricket team will face each other on October 23. Both the teams are playing a series of bilaterals as well as the Asia Cup in the lead up to the show-piece event. All eyes will be on how the Babar Azam-led Pakistan fare at the T20 World Cup. In the 2021 edition, Pakistan impressed all with their performance and qualified for the semi-finals.
World Cup in Qatar, world soccer governing body FIFA said on Thursday, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5-16. FIFA said the biggest number of allocated tickets were for group stage matches like Cameroon v Brazil, Brazil v Serbia, Portugal v Uruguay, Costa Rica v Germany and Australia v Denmark.